In-Person Worship Service opportunities are available. Click here for a list of worship opportunities.

Hip Hop Mass

April 26 at 10:15 AM

St. Ambrose celebrates Youth Sunday with a Hip Hop Mass! Check out the national article and see the last Hip Hop Mass.

Columbarium Niches for Interring Ashes

Four granite columbaria  holding 60 niches for urns have been added to the west Prayer Garden. Each niche has the capacity for two urns. The price is $3,000 until April 30, 2026. The price beginning May 1, 2026 is $3,500. Please send an email email to the rector at jtaylor@stambroseraleigh.org or call the church for contracts and more information.

Annual Women’s Weekend

May 2–3

Celebrating the Divine Feminine: Mind, Body, and Soul.

The Legacy and Leadership Summer Academy

June 15 – July 2

It is more than a summer camp; it is a bridge between learning and fun. If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact Patrice Hardy (vcvillageconsult@gmail.com) with questions.

Ocean City Jazz Festival

July 5

Join St. Ambrose at Chestnut Chapel as part of the Ocean City Jazz Festival weekend. The St. Ambrose Musicians will play a free 30 minute Jazz concert and prelude at 10:30 am with Jazz Mass starting at 11:00 am.

Vacation Bible School

July 15–17

Save the date or a three-day extravaganza surrounding our theme of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” This VBS will serve Pre-K to adult saints.

Faith Formation

Wednesdays at 6:30 PM

This series explores the Apocrypha, the portion of the Bible that Episcopalians recognize as canonical but are not held as authoritative by most Protestant Churches.

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Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church is a welcoming community that gives worship to God, receives wisdom from God, and works alongside God to move the city of Raleigh.

Worship. Wisdom. Work.

Worship to God

We believe we exist to worship God and intentionally equip our congregation to give God praise.

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Wisdom From God

Our wisdom comes from God and our church built on the legacy of African and African American Episcopal saints.

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Work Alongside God

We prayerfully do inreach and outreach to impact the city of Raleigh through our inclusive community ministries.

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Our patron saint, Bishop Ambrose of Milan, lived in Italy during the 300s C.E. According to tradition, bees landed on his face as a child, leaving honey on his lips. He was a gifted orator, earning him the name “the honeyed tongue preacher.” The bees and the beehive are historic symbols of Saint Ambrose.

What time is your service?

We have two worship services each Sunday; 8 and 10:15am. We also have Bible studies on Mondays at 12:15pm and Tuesday mornings at 9:30 as well as a mid-week mass on Wednesdays at 12:15pm.

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Where are you located?

We are located at 813 Darby St in Raleigh, right off of State Street. Our campus is near Fuller Elementary School in the Walnut Creek Wetlands area.

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What is your congregation like?

As a historically African American Episcopal Church, we have a diverse congregation of all ages. We are radically welcoming, infinitely supportive and intentionally focused on transforming our communities, big and small, through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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What is your denomination?

We are an Episcopal Church. This means the center of our teaching and worship is the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church is a welcoming community that gives worship to God, receives wisdom from God, and works alongside God to move the city of Raleigh.

The Holy Eucharist Service

Please join us in-person or online for our Sunday morning worship services.

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II (in person only)

10:15 AM Holy Eucharistic Bulletin (Online and In-person) Zoom Link or YouTube Stream